Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission

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The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission is an international organization responsible for the conservation and management of tuna and tuna-like species in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intergovernmental organization ⓘ
regional fisheries management organization ⓘ
abbreviation IATTC ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Comisión Interamericana del Atún Tropical ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
cooperatesWith Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ⓘ
Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles bodies ⓘ
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
foundedBy Republic of Costa Rica ⓘ
linked to: Costa Rica

United States of America ⓘ
other High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Convention ⓘ
hasAbbreviationInSpanish CIAT ⓘ
hasMainSubject highly migratory fish stocks ⓘ
tuna conservation ⓘ
tuna fisheries management ⓘ
tuna-like species ⓘ
hasMembershipType contracting parties ⓘ
cooperating non-parties ⓘ
hasOrgan Commission ⓘ
Director ⓘ
Scientific Advisory Committee ⓘ
Secretariat ⓘ
headquartersLocation La Jolla, California, United States ⓘ
implements bycatch reduction measures ⓘ
conservation and management measures for tuna ⓘ
data collection and reporting requirements ⓘ
fishing capacity controls ⓘ
observer programs on fishing vessels ⓘ
seasonal closures for tuna fisheries ⓘ
inception 1949 ⓘ
legalBasis Antigua Convention ⓘ
Convention for the Establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
memberOf tuna regional fisheries management organizations network ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
operatesInSector fisheries ⓘ
international environmental governance ⓘ
marine conservation ⓘ
performs monitoring, control and surveillance activities ⓘ
scientific research on tuna biology and ecology ⓘ
stock assessments of tuna and tuna-like species ⓘ
purpose conservation of tuna stocks in the eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
ensuring long-term sustainability of tuna fisheries ⓘ
management of tuna and tuna-like species in the eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
promoting optimum utilization of tuna resources ⓘ
regionServed States fishing for tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
regulates longline tuna fisheries in the eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
purse-seine tuna fisheries in the eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
replaced original 1949 IATTC Convention by Antigua Convention ⓘ
website https://www.iattc.org ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission → cooperatesWith → Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission ⓘ
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission → abbreviation → IATTC ⓘ
linked to: Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission → legalBasis → Convention for the Establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission ⓘ
linked to: Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission → alsoKnownAs → Comisión Interamericana del Atún Tropical ⓘ
linked to: Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
Regional Fisheries Management Organization → hasExample → Inter‑American Tropical Tuna Commission ⓘ
linked to: Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission